Record ID: DOR-2A4428
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy bag-shaped chape dating to the late Bronze Age. The chape has an oval opening, straight sides and an expanded,  rounded bottom. There is a circular perforation in the centre of one face, The other face is torn and damaged. Inside the chape is a copper alloy fragment which is possibly part of a sword or other blade.  Date: Late Bronze Age c. 1000 - 800 BC Dimensions: 25.05 mm x 25.07 mm x 12.09 mm Weight: 20.33 g
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8AE405
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy composite scabbard chape. It is asymmetrical with a straight side to the right and a convex curved side to the left which meet at a point at the base, giving the chape a sub-triangular shape. There is a rounded knop projecting from the point at the base. It has short right-angled sides and edges are rounded where they meet the front. The angled top edge is scalloped. On the front it is decorated with a moulded diagonal ridge on running parallel to and just below the top edge. Below it are three circular holes arranged in a triangle. The separate&…
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: DOR-2C835B
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy sword or dagger chape, dating to AD 1600 - 1700. It is largely constructed of copper alloy sheet which has been bent and folded with a single folded, soldered seam running longitudinally along the mid line of one face. The chape is triangular and tapers to a the slightly truncated apex where there is a separately attached loop. At the open end, it is rectangular in cross-section. At the rim of the open end is a separately attached thin sheet of copper-alloy which is decorated with three parallel circumferential grooves. The main body of the chape is decorat…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-DB8A19
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy scabbard chape. The chape is thickly cast. It is U-shaped with a closed rounded base terminating in a moulded, circular cross sectioned knop. The open ends have angled shoulders with a moulded knop at the apex on each side.  The front and back of the chapes are openwork, each with three vertical rows of two  elongated triangular apertures (in the two outer rows the apex of each triangle point inwards and in the centre row point outward). There are remnants of two circular attachment holes on aeach face of the chape, set about halfway down. Date: Medieval -…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-BD9AED
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy bag-shaped chape. The chape is crescentic with an oval opening at the top, concave sides, a rounded, slightly flared bottom, and a perforation in each face. Each of there retains a small circular sectioned, domed rivet.There is a slight lip around the edges of the opening. Around the perforations the chape is decorated with a series of closely spaced moulded concentric circles (approximately ten on each face). The surface is corrodded in some areas, but is otherwise smooth with a greyish patina. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 950 - 800 BC Dimensions: 36.16 mm x 16.94 mm x 12…
Created on: Friday 18th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-5171C9
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard . The chape is formed of sheet metal. It is has a transverse fold at the base, creating a trapezoidal plate on either side. Above this the sheet has been cut away on both faces to form two diverging arms along each side. The arms have expanded, rounded ends with circular attachment holes though them. One arm has two such holes next to each other. The trapeziodal plates at the base are decorated, each having a central circular notch at the upper edge and incised line decoration of a simple saltire on one face and a pattern of two groups …
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-ACE0F0
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a medieval copper-alloy openwork sheath chape, dating to c. AD 1075-1175. It is sub rectangular in plan. The plate would have had a counterpart to which it was joined at a fold at the left-hand side when viewed with the largely straight edge to the right. This other plate, which would have had different openwork decoration, has been lost, as has the arm which would have extended from the counterpart fold of the plate side for attachment. The two plates would have been attached to each other by rivets retained in the hole towards the right-hand corner, and in a (missi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
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Record ID: DOR-31AA1D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Early Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy scabbard chape, dating to c. AD 1350 - 1600. The chape is thickly cast. It is sub-oval with a closed rounded base terminating in a moulded knop. The open ends have angled shoulders and each terminates in a trefoil shape. The opening is sub-oval. There is no surface decoration. Height: 47.24 mm Width: 35.05 mm Thickness: 5.32 mm Weight: 60.89 g
Created on: Monday 6th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Record ID: DOR-E105ED
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy early medieval pyramid shaped mount, possibly from a scabbard, dating to the period c. AD 580 - 650. The mount is in the form of a square-based flat-topped pyramid with a square recess in the top, probably for a garnet or possibly glass setting. Each of the four faces are decorated with a design of two solid lozenges side by side, each surrounded with a concentric groove border, followed by a concentric ridge border. The area around is divided into a series of recessed triangles which may have contained an inlay. The reverse is hollow with an integral bar for strap atta…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimborne St Giles', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-4E82CD
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy sword or dagger chape, dating to AD 1450-1600. The chape is broadly crescent shaped with a curving edge on one side and a straighter edge on the other. The front face is convex and the rear is hollowed. The upper edge is damaged but traces remain of a scalloped edge. There is openwprk decoration comprising of two apatures of indeterminate form due to a combination of breaks and miscasting. At the terminal of the chape is a small angular knop. The edge of the back of the chape has a wide seam to enable soldering to the back plate, now missing. T…
Created on: Friday 20th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-6844E1
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A tinned copper alloy Bronze Age tongue-shaped scabbard chape dating to the period c. 1100 - 800 BC. The chape is triangular in shape with a sub-oval knop at the base. The mouth of the chape is lozengiform. The triangular body features a circular perforation through both sides of the body which retains a cylindrical copper alloy rivet, the terminals of which retain a substantial amount of tinning. The knop at the base features a rough sub-circular perforation as the result of old damage. The chape is hollow with a depth of c. 33.31mm. Cf. SWYOR-4A2F62 for a similar example.
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winborne St Giles', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9C16CD
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scabbard chape formed of a sheet of copper alloy folded to form a hollow, flattened tube. The sheet overlaps at one side. Pressed to an almost closed point at one end. The open edge has V-shaped cut into it for decoration on both sides. Reference: Read 2001, p. 94 no.671 Date: Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1300 - 1600 Dimensions: 28.55 mm x 15.06 mm x 5.55 mm Weight: 2.61 g Read comments that styles and shapes being so similar, it is difficult to tell whether detached scabbard chapes belonged to swords or daggers.
Created on: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-750A9E
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet metal chape, probably from a scabbard for a dagger. The chape is formed of a rectangular piece of sheet metal rolled into a cone, folded to close the apex. The sheet overlaps at the back and is not apparently soldered or riveted. The upper edge the sheet has been shaped front and back to create an in-curve on both faces with points at the sides. The end has been closed by folding a tab of the sheet metal over it. There are traces of iron corrosion at the apex. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1700 Dimensions: 35.29 mm x 17.53 mm x 9.95 mm Weight: 5.52 g
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
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Record ID: DOR-8647C3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from an openwork copper-alloy sheath chape of medieval dates consisting of the majority of one of the plates (c. 11th-12th century). The plate would have had a counterpart to which it was joined at a fold at the right hand side when viewed with the largely straight edge lowermost. This other plate, which would have had different openwork decoration, has been lost, as has the arm which would have extended from the lefthand side for attachment. The two plate would have been attached to each other by rivets retained in holes towards the left hand corner, and in a rounded pr…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-7202CB
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy openwork fitting, probably a scabbard chape. It is rectangular with decoration on the front face. At the right hand side the vertical edge curves around to project backwards. This probably indicates that the chape was folded over with the plate extending along the back. There are two circular attachment holes: one in the centre of the straight lower edge, the other in the corner without the folded side. The upper edge is irregular. The openwork apertures and surface decoration of lines and dots delineate a zoomorphic design of a four-legged beast facing righ…
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: DOR-B431B2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver scabbard chape. A tapering, blunted triangular chape of composite construction. It comprises a tapering tube of sheet metal forming the chamber of the chape. with three applied longitudinal ribs (one along the centre and one along both angled sides), a horizontal crenellated and ribbed strip at the top on the front, a ribbed horizontal strip at the top on the rear, a ribbed oval framing strip around the base and an irregular (soldered?) infill at the base to seal the chape. The three applied ridges each have two ribbed collars (three ribs) set about a third of the way in from…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A779A2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper alloy pyramidal mount with probable niello inlay. A hollow pryamidal mount with an attachment bar across the base. The sides retain traces of gilding. At the apex is a sub-circular piece of niello inlay. The bar has a sub-square cross section. No decoration is visible on the exterior. The interior is partially obscured by concreted soil. Date: Middle to Late Early Medieval c. 700 - 1000 Dimensions: 18.85 mm x 17.19 mm x 17.44 mm, 2.61 mm wall thickness. Weight:10.53 g
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Last updated: Saturday 18th June 2016
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Record ID: DOR-A7E806
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver pyramidal scabbard mount with worn edges. The mount is hollow and almost square in cross-section, with a base measuring 13.5 x 14.6mm; a broken integral attachment bar runs across from the centre of one of the longer edges to its opposite. The breaks are not particularly worn. The sides rise to a small flat square-topped apex on which is a recess inlaid with a chequerboard design of millefiori glass. The design of the millefiori is a central dark (blue or black) square surrounded by a cross of four white squares with further dark squares in the corner…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.